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<p>concerning whom every thing is in a State<lb/> | |||
of uncertainty and uncognoscibility as<lb/> | |||
complete as corruption can wish, it being<lb/> | |||
unknown, not only if one, who he is, if<lb/> | |||
many who they are, but whether the discretion<lb/> | |||
to which all these lives are committed to<lb/> | |||
the discretion of many or of but one; if many<lb/> | |||
what discussion there is being performed,<lb/> | |||
and in closet secrecy, the life of the subject<lb/> | |||
being tossed about from hand to hand<lb/> | |||
and the thread cut by a whisper an<lb/> | |||
interjection or a nod; if but one and<lb/> | |||
even if such be the custom when there are<lb/> | |||
many, a mere expression of will being<lb/> | |||
sufficient and no exercise of any such<lb/> | |||
faculty as that of the understanding<lb/> | |||
necessary.</p> | |||
<p>The system of what is called Justice,<lb/> | |||
legislation and administration together is<lb/> | |||
perfectly well adapted to these its ends,<lb/> | |||
and the mechanism of it in a certain<lb/> | |||
sense extremely simple. Laws are made<lb/> | |||
declaring that for such and such <add>a</add></p> | |||
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concerning whom every thing is in a State
of uncertainty and uncognoscibility as
complete as corruption can wish, it being
unknown, not only if one, who he is, if
many who they are, but whether the discretion
to which all these lives are committed to
the discretion of many or of but one; if many
what discussion there is being performed,
and in closet secrecy, the life of the subject
being tossed about from hand to hand
and the thread cut by a whisper an
interjection or a nod; if but one and
even if such be the custom when there are
many, a mere expression of will being
sufficient and no exercise of any such
faculty as that of the understanding
necessary.
The system of what is called Justice,
legislation and administration together is
perfectly well adapted to these its ends,
and the mechanism of it in a certain
sense extremely simple. Laws are made
declaring that for such and such a
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law versus arbitrary power (a hatchet for dr paley's net) |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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recto |
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[[watermarks::[simplified hanoverian royal arms] 1821]] |
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1821 |
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35327 |
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